Imitation, sign language skill and the Developmental Ease of Language Understanding (D-ELU) model

Imitation, sign language skill and the Developmental Ease of Language Understanding (D-ELU) model

Imitation and language processing are closely connected. According to the Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model (Rönnberg et al., 2013) pre-existing mental representation of lexical items facilitates language understanding. Thus, imitation of manual gestures is likely to be enhanced by experien...

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Main Authors: Emil eHolmer, Mikael eHeimann, Mary eRudner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
development
Imitation
representation
sign language
Manual gesture
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00107/full

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